kaz1961

I am looking to buy my first Vette and would appreciate it if you guys could look at these pictures http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ssekaz photos I have no interest in this car but want to know how bad this rust is. Would this be a car to avoid at all costs? Thanks for the advice.

79VetteMike

kinda hard to tell from those 2 photos. It doesn't look too bad-mostly surface rust. Look around the bird cage and the rear of the frame- that seems to be where most of the rust damage occurs.

Jvette73

Maybe its just me but that first pic looks doctered. Certain portions of it look blurred while other portions are still in focus...strange

MotorHead

I agree that picture looks funny, almost like trying to cover up a patch job :confused:

Big Fish

Any car that's driven will probably look like this, but these are not the areas to be concerned with. Bird cage and rear corners above the gussets are the biggest culprits.

ken markusa

The picture looks out of focus in parts because the picture was probably shot with the lens wide open because of not much available light so you end up with a shallow detph of field which are the parts of the picture that are in focus this is much more acute in close up shoots.
:cheers:
Ken with your photography lesson of the day

Steve Grodin

In the first picture you can see someone installed the end link bolts upside down. :chevy

FASGLAS

I noticed that too. Hmmmmm.

phrogs

Well from those pictures that is not the rust you need to worry about
that is just surface rust and will need to be delt with but not its not a issue.

like the others have said you need to look at the birdcage that is the worst, also look into the windshield and see if you can see any rustt build up guarentee you will need to do some work on it if you see any.

heres a picture of my frame its just surface rust it is all solid!

ddecart

Thise pics don't look too bad.

But they're not where you need to look for rust. The main location where C3s rust is along the frame rail, under the door, right in front of the rear wheel. This area seems to take all the abuse rust-wise.

Also, looking along the windshield pillars is a good idea, too. Gives oyu some idea of the condition of the birdcage, although not always accurate.

phrogs

Here are some pics of my bird cage.

mine is not even bad. just needs a little help :yesnod:
my car sat in the weather for many years.

johnny